PGA Welcomes Togo’s Accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) welcomes the accession of Togo to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (ICCPR-OP2), on 14 September 2016.

The Role of Parliamentarians in Ending Child Marriage

A toolkit that supports the role of parliamentarians in ending early and forced child marriage.

PGA’s partner, Girls Not Brides, launches newly revised toolkit on “The Role of Parliamentarians in Ending Child Marriage”

We are pleased to share with you a newly revised toolkit on “The Role of Parliamentarians in Ending Child Marriage”

La Dip. Margarita Stolbizer informó al Secretariado de PGA que el Poder Ejecutivo en Argentina introdujo un proyecto de ley sobre las Enmiendas de Kampala del Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional

La Dip. Margarita Stolbizer informó al Secretariado de PGA que el Poder Ejecutivo en Argentina introdujo un proyecto de ley sobre las Enmiendas de Kampala del Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional

Inspiring Parliamentarians: Case Studies to Advance Policy and Legislation to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM)

Actions from Parliamentarians in Bangladesh, Morocco and Zimbabwe to end CEFM

PGA Board Member M. Kulasegaran, MP highlights why the death penalty does not deter crime and disregards basic tenets of humanity at a forum organized by Amnesty international

Let’s say no to the death penalty

PGA US Members Join Bipartisan Effort Urging President Obama to Postpone Plan to Supply Arms to Saudi Arabia

PGA Members Rep. Jim McGovern, Rep. Jim McDermott, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Rep. Jan Schakowsky among 64 Members of US Congress to Write Letter to President Obama

Dip. Margarita Stolbizer, Argentina, se convierte en la Presidenta Interina de PGA

Dip. Margarita Stolbizer, Argentina, se convirtió en la Presidenta Interina de PGA, el 17 de agosto de 2016, tras el fin del mandato de la ex presidenta de PGA: Dip. Minou Tavárez Mirabal de la República Dominicana.

PGA Member Senator Valerie Woods Applauds Section 53 Decision As “Significant Victory”

Senator Valerie Woods recognized the ruling on the unconstitutionality of Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code that criminalized same sex intercourse.

PGA Member, Rep. Jim McGovern decries sale of arms by the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

United States/Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - PGA Member, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass) decries sale of arms by the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Switzerland - Interview with PGA Member Hon. Carlo Sommaruga MP on ending the sale of Swiss arms to conflict zones

Hon. Carlo Sommaruga MP highlights the importance of Switzerland moving away from arms production

Declaración de PGA frente a las amenazas de muerte contra defensores de derechos humanos en La Haya

PGA expresa su profunda preocupación y condena la escalada de amenazas de muerte e intimidación contra defensores de derechos humanos con sede en La Haya que trabajan en temas relacionados con la Corte Penal Internacional.

A Triumph for Human Rights of LGBTI people in Belize and the Caribbean: Section 53 of the Criminal Code in Belize is ruled Unconstitutional

PGA commends the decision of the Supreme Court of Belize in ruling Section 53 of the Criminal Code, which criminalized consenting intercourse between adults of the same sex, unconstitutional.

Hon. Naveed Qamar, MP (Pakistan) plays key role in securing formal review of possibility of ATT accession in National Assembly

Pakistan - Hon. Naveed Qamar, MP, Deputy Convenor of PGA’s Peace & Democracy Program and PGA Executive Committee Member, plays key role in securing formal review of possibility of ATT accession in National Assembly of Pakistan

PGA felicita al Senado de Paraguay por la aprobación del proyecto de la Ley de implementación del Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI)

el Senado de Paraguay aprobó el proyecto de la Ley de implementación enviado por el Ejecutivo, el 7 de enero de 2013.

Seminario de PGA sobre Igualdad y No Discriminación en razón de la Orientación Sexual y la Identidad de Género para Parlamentarios de América Latina y el Caribe

Parlamentarios para la Acción Global (PGA, por sus siglas en inglés), en colaboración con el Comité de Derechos Humanos en el Parlamento de Uruguay , organizó un Seminario sobre Igualdad y No Discriminación en razón de la Orientación Sexual e Identidad de

PGA Condemns Restrictions to Civil and Political Rights of Opposition Leader in the Maldives

PGA expresses profound concern for the sentence imposed against a Member of Parliament in The Maldives, Mr. Ahmed Mahloof, MP.

PGA Lusophone States Workshop to Promote Ratification and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty

PGA organized a Lusophone States Workshop to Promote Ratification and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, in close cooperation with, and kindly hosted by, the National Assembly of Cape Verde in Praia from 18-19 July, 2016.